Stake holder



Aug.` l26 1924.

T. F. CU'LLINAN STAKE HOLDER Filed April 14, 1922 Tha/nasf CullnanPatented ug. 26, 1924.

UNITED STATES PATENT oFFlcE.

THOMAS F. CULLINAN, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

STAKE HOLDER.

Application filed April 14, 1922.

tuberance 13 drilled and threaded as at 14 To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS F. CULLTNAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State of RhodeIsland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in StakeHolders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved form of stake holding deviceadapted more particularly to rigidly7 support stakes located about theedge of a vehicle body, for the purpose of retaining a load in positionthereon; and the object of this invention is to provide simple andeffective mea-ns whereby the stake may be bound and locked firmly intoits holder or socket to prevent it from becoming disengaged and lost,and also to prevent the stake from rattling or moving about in itssocket.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, as will be more fully described, andparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is a perspective view illustrating my improved locking deviceas applied to a stake holder.

Figure 2 is a sectional elevation illustrab ing my improved lockingdevice as applied to a stake holder.

Figure 3 is a detail showing my improved form of clamp screw in detail.

Figure et is another form of socket member to which my clamping deviceis attached.

It is found in practice that wagon stakes in the ordinary socket orholder soon become loose, fall out and are lost, and as such stakes arequite expensive I have found it to be of advantage to provide means forlocking them in their' sockets so that they cannot accidentally jump outor be too readily withdrawn and so become displaced and lost, and thefollowing is a detailed description of one means by which this resultmay be accomplished With reference to the drawings, l designates myimproved socket member which may be provided with fianges 11, or othersuitable means by which it may be conveniently attached to the frame 12of a vehicle, and on the outer surface of the wall of this socket memberI have formed a boss or pro- Serial No. 552,773.

to receive a clamp screw, and the inner wall of this socket at thisthreaded portion is recessed at l for the purpose presently described.

In order to provide a simple and effective clamping device for the stake16, I have formed the clamping screw 17 with an enlarged inner orbinding head 18 and an out-A er winged operating head 19 which may besecured to the body of this screw by a pin 20 or other suitable meanswhereby it may be removed when desired.

rIhis screw is of such a length that it can be passed from the innerportion of the socket outwardly through the threaded opening lllbringing the inner enlargement l0 on the inside thereof, the winged head2O being subsequently attached to the outer end.

The lower end of this socket member is preferably provided with aninturned fiange or linger' 25 against which the inner end 21 of thereduced portion 22 of the sta-ke may rest.

In order to provide means in the stake cooperating with the screw 14 tosecurely retain the stake when positioned in its socket, I have formed arecess 23 in that side of the stake which comes opposite the clampingscrew and I have preferably lined this recess with a metal thimble 24,the inner wall of this thimble being tapered as at 25 so as to beengaged by the enlargement 18 on the end of the screw whereby when thescrew is forced inwardly it engages this tapered wall and presses thestake downwardly onto the inturned fiange 2O thereby securely bindingand locking the stake. tightly in position in its socket and thistapered wall also serves to clamp and bind the clamp screw in itsthreaded bearing thereby also serving to prevent it from becomingloosened.

My n improved stake locking mea-ns is simple and inexpensive inconstruction and yet very effective in its operation, and by its use thestakes may be securely locked in the body of a vehicle againstpossibility of their becoming loosened, jumping out and lost.

The foregoing description is directed solely towards the constructionillustrated, but I desire it to be understood that I reserve theprivilege of resorting to all the mechanical changes to which the deviceis susceptible, the invention being defined and limited only by theterms of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A stake holder comprising a' socket member having means by which itmay be attached to a vehicle frame, and a clamp screw threaded throughthe wall of said socket, in combination with a stake adapted to bepositioned in said socket, the same having a locking recess with atapered wall therein to be engaged by said screw to force the stakedownward.

2. A stake holder comprising a socket member having a flange by which itmay b e readily attached to a vehicle frame, a clamp screw threadedthrough the wall ot said socket, in combination with a stake formed offibrous material adapted to be positioned in said socket and having acooperating metal-lined recess formed therein to receive the binding endof said screws 3. A stake holder comprising a socket member having-meansby which it may be 25 attached to a vehicle frame, a cla-mp screwthreaded through the Wall of said socket and having an enlargement onits inner end, in combination with a stake of fibrous material adaptedto be positioned in said socket having a cooperating metal-lined recessformed therein to receive the binding end of said screw, the inner wallof said socket being recessed to permit said enlargement to be withdrawnthereinto to permit the stake to be freely. positioned in and with.drawn from its socket when desired,

4. A stake holder comprising ya socket member having means by which itmay be attached to a vehicle frame, anv inturned stake-supporting lipnear the lower end of said socket, and a clamp screw threaded throughthe wall of said socket, in combination with a stake adapted to bepositioned in said socket, the same having a locking recess with atapered wall therein to be engaged by said screw to force the stakedownward against said inturned lip.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature. Y

THOMAS F. CULLINAN.

